Buy Your Groceries from Your Home Grocer
VOLUME XXVI.
ATHENA. UMATILLA COUNTY.5 OREGON. FRIDAY. APRIL 10. 1914.
NUMBER 16
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AthenayOrs
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So many of onr friends bava iasksdiisjt , "What is toe meaning of
"TUIArLlJM"
that we are going lo explain the origin of tbe word. Like a good many
words in English, "TUM-A-LUM" ia derived from a great many-languages.
Originally, from tbe CHINOOK INDIAN meaning "SCATTER
ED WATERS" "TUM-A-LUM" bas oome lo mean:
IN, FRENCH "TO EXCEL."
IN DUTCH, "HANDLING TEE BEST OF GRADES."
-IN GERMAN, "SERVICE."
. IN IRISH. "QUALITF." '
IN SPANISH. "THE BEST FOR TBE MONEY."
Pat all of tbe atove meanings together and yna bate tbe meaning of
TUM-A-LUM in ENGLISH.' But in tbe " language - of r Atbena.
. TUM-A-LUM stands for THE UP-TO-DATE LUMBER YARD.
A fine lot of Screen Doors on hand.
The Tum-a-Lum. Lumber Company
V ' "See A. M. JOHNSON about it-
TH Bt ATH ENH iEATi i ARKBIi
We carry the best
That Money Buys
: Our Market is a
Clean and Cool
Insuring Wholesome Meats.
BRYAN & MEYERS
Main Street, . Athena, Oregon
Homeot
QUALITY
Groceries
Good Groceries go to the Right
Spot Every Time
This is tile Right Spot v
To go to Every Time for Groceries
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TRY TIIESE-TIIEY'LL PLEASE !
ONE BEST
THE MOIWPOLE
Honopole "Vegetables
Monopoie J Fruits'
llonopole, Salmon -Monopole
Oysters
DELL BROTHERS;! Athena, Oregon
CATERERS TO THE PUBLIC IN GOOD THINGS TO EAT
HIB LI
If BE ENFORCED
CURFEW WILL RING-COW, HOC
? AND" CHICK REGULATION
Engine and Pump To Be In
stalled At New City Well for
Emergency Use.
Hereafter tbe oidioanoes relating to
cortew -regulations, and running at
large of ohiokena aod live stock : with
in tbe corporate limits of tbe City of
Atbeoa are to be rigidly enforced,
City! Marshal Gholson- received in
etrnotiooe to this effect at tbe meeting
of tbe oooDoilr Monday evening; -f;
Hereafter tbe onrfew bell will ting
at 9 o'olock p. m.-, when - children
within the age limit provided in tbe
curfew ordinance most - be o3 tbe
atreetSi": :
Those keeping bogs within the city
limits -will remove them at once.
Hereafter no cows will be permitted
to be picketed on tbe streets, i a alleys,
or allowed to run at Istge, and owners
of obiokena most keep their fowls in
an enolosure on their premises.
Failore to comply with these pro
visions will make tbe violator stibjeot
to line as provided by ordioanoe.
Ibe vote of th&reoect city eleotion
was canvassed at'the meeting "Monday
evening and E. E. Koontz, -mayor;
Henry Dell, W. P Littlejobn, Bomrr
I. Watts, couooilmen; V. C. Bnrke,
treasurer and B. B. Richards', record-
er, were declared elootea and were
sworn into ofBoe. , :
Tbe application of James- Stewart
for permission to ereot a frame - build
ing covered with -corrugated- Iron ' on
the North side of Main street, between
Second and Third, was refused. ..
Connoilmen A. B. MoEweo, N. A.
Miller, and W, P. Littlejobn were
named aa a committee to have charge
of petting io tbe drainage eyetem lead
ing from tbe brick buildings on Main
street, between Seoond and Tbird.
The water committee was instructed
to secure an engine and pump to be
installed at the city well at tbe head
of the water system, wbiob is to be
used during dry seasons as an auxiliary
to the present gravity system.- - . -
The city treasurer was Instructed to
issue a oall for redemption of $2000 of
city warrants io oonseoutive numbers
applying alike to city and water sorip.
The following bills were allowed,
and warrants oidered in payment of
the earner a-: ''.'. ": .'
W. J. Gholson, salary
Fred Hummel, salary
B. B. Richards, salary -V.
0. Burke, annual salary
and stampak - . -
J. -P. Wright, team - ; - -Athena
Press, ballots
W. P. Littlejobn, street work
Dell Bros, pauper groceries
Mill Co. lights
Burke & Son, cartage-' - '
P. S. LeUrow, refund
$78.00
GS.00
37.00
60.60
J.60
6.00
2.00
6.15
66.00
0.90
8.00
Total
$309.45
Cattle Range High.
Tbe week started off with a big run
at the Portland yards, wbiob is now
tbe ocstomarytbing for JMonday,, the
arrivals being in ezoesi of 500 bead.
The demand was more than equal to
the liberal o&eriags, and a firm mar
ket was tbe result, with prices show
ing an upward tendency. Tbe feature
of the day was the aotivity lo the cat
tle division;. About 60 loads of steers
were sold and prima stook ranged bigb.
Fifteen oars bronght better than $8,
two extra fine loads going at $8.20
and $8.25, and nine loada selling at
$8.10. Tbe bulk of steer sales were
from $7.75 to $8.10.
BBSBESSaaaal
Wool Buyers Ready.
1 This week will witness tbe aotoal
opening of tba Oregon wool market
for tbe onrrent season. Bayers and
manufacturers' agenta are in the field
in the eastern part of the state and
all seem very anxious to do fcusiness.
Tbey are ready to oontraot for unshorn
wool if growers will only set a prioe.
It is piotmtle tbe first buying will te
id tba Pendleton distriot. Shearing is
now under way. around Echo, and
there baa been some shearing in a
email way in other section. It will be
two weeks yet before shearing Is gen
eral io Eastern Oregon.
Baby Chloroformed, Dies.
lbe death of the infant of Mr. and
Mrs. 'Charles W. ' Vonderabe, wbioh
ooourred Saturday at tbe home of tbe
child's parents in Milton followlog
tbe administration ot chloroform pre
paratory to tbe performance of a minor
orgioal operation, bas been investi
gated by Dr. H. 8. Garfield, coroner,
who bas decided that no inquest ia
necessary, aaya tbe Tribune. Tbe
child expired within three minutes
after tbe aoestbetio had been first in
baled, acoordiog to attending physi
cians, as quoted in Dr. Garfield's re
port, and tbey aay leea thao 9 dram
was used.
; A Welcome Rain.
, A moob seeded sbower of rain,
wbioh was general over too ooonty.
fell Saturday night and waa weloomed
fcy the farmer and stockmen. Tbe
month of Marob was tbe driest of an?
Marob since 1903, aooordicg to report
of government observer Averill of
Pendleton.
Miss rEva Booth's Collapse -
Alarmed Friends and Workers
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Photo by American Press Association. , '
,RIENDS and coworkers of Miss Eva Booth, commander of the Solva
tion Army in America, were apprehensive when she collapsed while
touring New York state, and serious illness developed. Miss Booth;
whd gained fame some years ago for her prison work,' broke down
while making an address at Elmlra, N. Y., and was taken to the army tor
racks in New York city, where pleurisy and intestinal trouble, combined with
a nervous breakdown due to overwork, made her condition very serious. " It
was hoped, however, tbat she would recover.
SALTING WILD MORNING GLORY
Gasoline and Coal Tar Proye Ineffect
; al as Weed Destroyers,
SPUR GROWERS' BAD GUESS
Forty Cents f. o. b. Not Attractive to
Potato Shippers.
. Henry Barrett has resorted to salt
for the destruction of a couple of aores
of wild morning glory on tbe ranch,:
south of town. By experimenting,
he. finds tbat salt is the only sure
annibilator of this annoying weed.
He tried saturation of the soil with
gasoline, then setting fire to it. After
tbe burn over, the morning glory
would grow as prolifioally as before.
Tbe same result followed an applica
tion of coal tar after a toroh had been
applied to it. s
Mr. Barrett will sow five tons of
salt on bis fool ground." He finds
that tbe salt penetrates tbe soil to
hard nan. totally destroying tbe morn-
ioff elorv. Of course tbe effects of '
the salted soil is detrimental to all
vegetable growth and will remain so
for three or four years or until
through jultivatiog prooess it evap
orates, - when crop resumption will
take place.
, In Mr. ; Barrett's opinion the wild
morning glory is tbe worst of all weed
pests, and be savs there is more of it
in existence in this vioinity than auy
are aware of, only those who bave it
on their farms. He believes there
should be no seoreoy in the matter,
but that an open figbt should be made
against further enoroaohment. It is a
hard wend to control, from tbe fact
that cultivation soatters it broadcast
o-er tbe field, to take root from every
joint covered by soil.
: Mountain potato growers who held
their crop over in hopes 'of higher
prioes are 'doomed to disappointment
for market quotations on tubers are
down. The Oregon Jonrnal recently
sized up the situation aa follows:
! Buying of potatoes at Oregon coun
try points bas again ceased. For a
while several of the representatives of
California firms have been filling a
few orders on tbe basis of 40o a cental
f. o. b. oars, but even this piioe is
not attractive to snippers.
The reason is a plain one. Oregon
producers oontinue to ooutign heavy
supplies to tbe California trade and
the usual thing resnlts too wants of
ibe maiket are badly overaapplied and
extremely low values ae in effect.
Tbe price bas keen constantly ebbing
and on this obaraoter of a market
buyers do not care to take hold as only
losses result from their activity.
Greatest flag Pole,
Tbe greatest flagpole of Oregon fir,
wbiob waa towed to San Francisco
from Aatoiia for the Panama-Pacific
Exposition, will be set in place on tbe
exposition grounds in tbe last week in
May. Tbe timber, donated bv tbe
Wbitney Lumber Company aod towed
to 8an Franoisoo io one of tbe Ham
mond rafts, was cnt in ''tbe Nebalem
country. It is 216 feet long
feet in diameter at tbe butt.
93,000 pounds and contains
feet of lumber. Owing to
weight it will cost fully $1000 to pre
pare tbe tig stiok, raise it and set in
place. It will be tbe largest flag pole
standing in tbe world. "
and 6 1-2
It weighs
23.51S.46
its great
Store Broken Into.
Tbe warehouse room of tbe Golden
Rule store waa entered Friday night
by robbers, whose evident intention
was to make their way into tbe store
room, tut trick wall and iron doors
frustrated this intention. Entrance
was made through tbe removal of a
wlodow pane, and boring a series of
boles until it was poasitle to break
a wooden cleat nailed across tbe win
dow on tbe interior. A few pairs of
ailk socks was all that tba robbers se
cured. ; '
Farmers Line No. 24.
Farmers Talepbone Line No. 24, lias
recently been reorganized and a new
constitution and by laws adopted.
Charles Gerkiog is tbe newiy elected
president; Jerry Stone is vice presi
dent, and George Woodward, secretary
treasurer, these officials being tbe
rsBBtging board. Tbe line leads from
Athena, west aod southwest. New
poles and equipment will tt installed.
Pendleton Bill Passes.
Representative Sinnott Monday sc
oured tbe passage through tbe HouBe
of bia bill increasing the limit of tbe
cost of tbe Pendleton peblio bnilding
from -$70,000 to $180,000. Tbe in
crease is made to provide accommoda
tions for tbe Federal Court wbioh
bolds regular terms at Pendleton.
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LEGISLATURE ALLOWED STATE
OERCE INCREASES. :
Cost of Maintaining Attorney
General Office Has Increased
Nearly 270 per Cent
attf em
W. W. WILEY, FORMER PRIKCI-
PAL OF ATHENA SCHOOLS..
Died In San Diego Sunday .
Morning and Interment Will
Be At Portland. '
O. A. Johns, reputlioan candidate
for governor gives the following , in
terriew to a Portland paper, relative
to tbe enormous inorease in state tax
es.' ue says:
"All . over Oregon tbe people are
deeply aroused over this question of
bigb taxea. .Wherever I Went in my
teoent trip ( found that tbe attention
of the people is almost wholly . absorb
ed with tbe question of how to raise
mcuey to pay their taxes, jind tbey
tlame their troubles upon extravagant
legislatures and state officials.
"Every fair minded man will con
cede,',' continued Mr. Johns, "tbat
there should be a material inorease in
the state expenses for tbe years 1913-
14 over tbe years 1903-4, bnt oonoed-
iug tbat to be true there is no valid
reason why the expenses of the ofiioe
of Governor should have inoreased
from $11,000 for the years ' 1902-3 to
$25,700 for tbe years 1913 14. or tbat
the expenses of the office of Secretary
of State should have increased from
$24,820 for tbe years 1903-4 to $68,000
for tbe years 1913-14,' or that the ex
penses of tbe office of State Treasurer
Should have inoreased from $10,600
in the years 1003-4 to $35,530 in the
years 1918-14, or that the expenses of
the office of Attorney-General should
have Increased from $7200 in tbe years
1903-4 to $26,600 in tbe years 19)3
14, and yet snob are the faots as
shown ty the legislative feoorda for
these years.
"We find that in ten years the
cost - of maintaining the Governor's
otfioe has increased 150 per cent, tbat
the oost of maintaining tbe otfioe of
Seoretary of State has inoreased 180
per cent, that tbe cost of maintaining
tbe ofiioe of the State Treasurer bas
inoreased 260 "per-cent' and that tbe
oost of maintaining tbe office of At
torney General has Inoreased 270 per
cent, Everywhere : the people are
studying these figures and lo tbe tax
payers of this state tbey tell a story
of official extravagance tbat is with
out roascn and witbont exouae.
"There is .no valid reason why tbe
appropriations for boards and com
missions should inorease from $67,600
for tbe years 1003 4 to $1,176,091.60
for tbe years 1913-14, aod yet tbe leg'
islative records sbow snob an inorease.
There is no valid reason in tbe world
why tbe amount of money .which was
required to pay tbe expenses of the
state government should be inoreased
from $2,012,774.72 in tbe years 1905-6
to $6,173,475.17 for tbe years 1913-14,
yet the records of the - last legislature
sbow it to baa fact,"
U. S. Dlatrict Court.
Tbe United States Distriot Court is
in session at Petidleton, beginning
Tuesday, and will oontinue possitly
two weeks. Roberts. Bean, Dlatrict
Judge; Clarenoe - L. Reames, Dlstiiot
Attorney ; E. A. Johnson, Assistant
District Attorney; John Montag, Unit
ed States Marshal, and Leonard Beak
er, Deputy United States Marshal,
will be io Pendleton. Three orimioal
and two civil oases are on the dooket.
" XV. W; Wilav. nna ntthm heat, knnnn .-.
edaoatorS' of - the state, and former
prlnoipal of the Athena publioaobools,
died at San Diego, California, Sunday
morning, after a long illness from
tuberoulosis.
Professor-Wiley superintended tbe .
Atbana sobools during the year 1911
12, and his services were retained for
tba followlog sobool year. He began
hie duties' on bis seoond year, -bet'
after a ooople of months, was forced
to give up bis work on aooount of ill
health, and his brother in-law, How-,
ard Drew, tbe present superintendent,
took bis plaoe.
Mr. Wiley: went to Arizona, and ,;
later to California, -where he waa
joined by his family. .
Professor . Wiley was a native of
Minnesota, where his relatives reside.
He was a graduate of the Monmouth
normal sobool and served two - terms
as sobool superintendent of Tillamook -ooonty.
Before coming to Athena, he
waa superintendent of the puclio
schools of Newterg, Oregon. Ed is
survived by bis wife and' four smell
children. Tbey are left io oomfortatle
circumstances, he having bad bis life
insured for 11000 after oomlnz to this
city, and be owned business property
at Tillamook, wbioh brings in a good
monthly revenue. i
Mr. Wiley could never reoonoile .
himself to believe otherwise than that
be was destined to recover, and only
a few days before his death bad par
tially made arrangements for tbe por
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UUBBB VI a UUUJO 1U OKU i'lSUU, r mn
household . goods bad been ordered
shipped from Athena, and were in
tercepted at Portland io transit,' and
transferred to tbe old home at Tilla
mook. .
. The funeral will take place at Port
land, Sunday, to wbioh city the re
mains were shipped from San Diego.
' Kaffir Corn for Hogs, .
Elmer Cleaver, representative of the
Western Laud and Irrigation Co., has
been showing a sample of kaffir corn
nkt.k na. n.Amn An lha P.lnl.nli..
1VUIUU IT a. ivnu vu luv nuuigyiavv
on tbe project under the company's
dHohes, says tbe East Oregonian. ' It
waa grown for experimental purposes
only and did so well that Kaffir com
may teoome tbe staple artiole of diet
for bogs raised in the west end. Three
grains were planted to tbe hill and
tbe bills averaged . from 16 to 24
etalks. At tbia average a 100 bushel
per aore yield would be a conservative
estimate. It x la claimed for Kaffir
corn that it is 20 per cent more nutri
tious than wbeat and is the beat bog
and chioken feed to be bad.; Ioaa
muon as the raising ) of bogs-is be
comings profitable Industry in tbe
west end, tba experiment may bave
important results.
Church Haa Commission, -Tbe
commission plan of government
as applied to oburcb matters is prov
no innoAM at toe. waiia.waiia uon-
gtegational ohurob. Five commis
sioners have obarge of affairs.. It is
said to be tbe only churoh in the
oountry following soon a plan. .
Every
Good Housewife 5
should conduct af
fairs of household;
much the same as
her husband does
his business-at of
fice or store.
Keep your accounts square, mark down what you pay
for every item, check up your bills and see that all
goods delivered to you measures and weighs correctly
Do this, and you will find how easy it is to economize and how
it pays to buy your groceries here, where prices are lowest and
where short weights or short measures are unknown quantities -
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THE "MONEY-BACK STORE" ATHENA, OREGON.